Mueller seeks interview with ex-White House top aide: report

US special prosecutor Robert Mueller is seeking an interview with ousted White House chief of staff Reince Priebus as he expands his probe of Russian interference in the November election, The New York Times reported Sunday. Mueller wants to question current and former senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration about his move to fire FBI director James Comey, in an attempt to determine whether the US leader obstructed justice, the newspaper said, citing people briefed on the matter. In a sign that Mueller’s investigation may be intensifying, he ordered FBI agents last month to raid the home of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

24 June, 2017Trump does not intend to fire investigator Mueller: White HousePresident Donald Trump has no intention of firing the special counsel investigating charges of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, even though he questioned the official's impartiality in an interview, the White House said on Friday. White Hou...